Features & Benefits:

• Authored by experienced screenwriters who employ a unique storytelling format
  
• Paired with companion volume, Saints Alive! The Gospel Witnessed
  
• Highlights the connection between Christian belief and practice
  
• Presents content in a distinctive framework extending beyond biography
  
• Features a diversified selection of saints and blesseds in a historical and global context
  
• Incorporates adult catechesis and faith formation
  
• Facilitates personal reflection and group discussion
  
• Suited for teachers, book clubs, faith groups, and individual readers

About the Authors:

Marie Paul Curley, FSP

As a child, the stories of the saints captured Sister Marie Paul Curley's imagination. Her early fascination continues today as a Daughter of St. Paul; in addition to co-authoring this book, she has produced children's storybooks for Catholic cable TV, as well as an English adaptation of an animated series on the saints. Sister Marie Paul continues to write for print and screen, including her book, See Yourself Through God's Eyes: 52 Meditations To Grow in Self-Esteem (Pauline Books & Media, 2009). For more resources on the saints in this book, or to contact Sister Marie Paul, visit: www.pauline.org/mariepaulcurley

Mary Lea Hill, FSP

Sister Mary Lea Hill, a member of the Daughters of St. Paul since 1964, has enjoyed communicating the faith through a variety of apostolic assignments. Her skills as a story teller were honed as director of audiovisual productions when Pauline Books & Media first produced animated features in the early 80s. An editor and author for many years, Sister Mary Lea has written several books, including the best-selling Basic Catechism (co-authored with Sister Susan Helen Wallace). Sister Mary Lea can be found on Twitter as @crabbimystic.

What Are People Saying about this Title?

"I loved Saints Alive! A beautiful compendium of the amazing stories of the great heroes and heroines of our faith, combined with personal reflections and prayers (not to mention resources for group discussions and private meditation). It will serve a glorious introduction to those who have been raised to the 'glories of the altar.'"
James Martin, SJ, author of My Life with the Saints

"The saints show us that being a baptized Christian means living as a new creation, rejoicing in a life radically different from the status quo of the world. All the holy people, whose lives fill this book, show readers how to let the grace of God in the sacraments create their lives anew."
Stephen J. Binz, author of Threshold Bible Study, Lectio Divina Bible Study, and Conversing with God in Scripture

"Saints Alive! The Faith Proclaimed presents the lives of thirty-one holy people in an engaging format: the story. This elite group encompasses not only beloved familiar saints, but also recent ones and a few still on the way to canonization. For every beatitude and sacrament, two holy ones are offered as models. Each biography is followed by lists of interesting facts. A definite asset at the back of the book is "Reader's Guides," questions and resources for personal and group reflection. Reading this book is a pleasurable way to meet some of the people we hope to live with one day."
Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND, author of religious education materials, speaker, pastoral Associate at St. Dominic Parish, Cleveland, Ohio

"Take a trip around the world with Saints Alive! The Faith Proclaimed (and its companion, Saints Alive! The Gospel Witnessed). This book is not just a true representation of the universality of the Church, but also a practical guide to living our faith. I always tell kids that the saints are good role models, that they teach us about the faith, but often it's not easy to see how their lives are connected with specific tenets of the faith. These exciting stories of real people show that living the beatitudes and the sacraments is possible and that we too can be saints who proclaim our faith through our day-to-day living."
Deacon Pedro Guevara Mann, Producer, Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation

Related Titles:

Living the Beatitudes: A Journey to Life in Christ
Saints Alive! The Gospel Witnessed

Product Details:

Binding: paperback
Trim size: 5¼" x 8"
Pages: 352

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